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totalitarian — adj Totalitarian, authoritarian, as applied to a government or state, require discrimination, for, although applicable to the same states, they actually carry a different emphasis. Totalitarian implies as an objective an undivided state in which… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
totalitarian — totalitarian, totalitarianism The term appears to have originated with the Italian fascists under Mussolini and with the philosopher Giovanni Gentile. Meaning ‘comprehensive, all embracing, pervasive, the total state’, the label was applied to a… … Dictionary of sociology
totalitarian — (adj.) 1926, first in reference to Italian fascism, formed in English on model of It. totalitario complete, absolute, totalitarian, from the Italian cognate of English TOTAL (Cf. total) (adj.). The noun is recorded from 1938 … Etymology dictionary
totalitarian — [adj] dictatorial absolute, authoritarian, autocratic, communist*, despotic, fascistic, monolithic, Nazi*, one party, oppressive, total, totalistic, tyrannical, undemocratic; concept 536 Ant. democratic … New thesaurus
totalitarian — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ (of government) centralized, dictatorial, and requiring complete subservience to the state. ► NOUN ▪ a person advocating such a system. DERIVATIVES totalitarianism noun … English terms dictionary
totalitarian — [tō tal΄ə ter′ē ən, tō΄talə ter′ē ən] adj. [ TOTAL + (AUTHOR)ITARIAN] 1. designating, of, or characteristic of a government or state in which one political party or group maintains complete control under a dictatorship and bans all others 2.… … English World dictionary
totalitarian — to|tal|i|tar|i|an1 [ tou,tælə teriən ] adjective controlling a country and its people in a very strict way, without allowing opposition from another political party ╾ to|tal|i|tar|i|an|ism noun uncount totalitarian to|tal|i|tar|i|an 2 [ tou,tælə… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
totalitarian — [[t]to͟ʊtælɪte͟əriən[/t]] totalitarians ADJ (disapproval) A totalitarian political system is one in which there is only one political party which controls everything and does not allow any opposition parties. N COUNT Totalitarians are people who… … English dictionary
totalitarian — adj. Totalitarian is used with these nouns: ↑dictatorship, ↑regime, ↑state … Collocations dictionary
totalitarian — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. autocratic, authoritarian. See authority. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. fascistic, despotic, dictatorial; see absolute 3 , autocratic 1 , tyrannical . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD)… … English dictionary for students
